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Richard Mills BA LGSMD Guitarist, Guitar Teacher jazz guitar and blues guitar specialist Professional guitar lessons in Leeds, tuition for beginners to advanced Oakwood House, 637 Roundhay Road Leeds LS8 4BA tel: 0113 219 5526 |
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This is not a detailed list: what I am stating here are the main areas of music theory that have to be integrated (gradually!) into your practice and playing. (This does NOT include areas of physical technique, ie HOW to play and practice. For some thoughts on that, see some technical advice .) Scales Firstly, major, mixolydian, dorian minor, aeolian minor, lydian, blues scale, bebop scale, pentatonic minor and pentatonic major. Arpeggios The 3-note major and minor, and 4-note 7th chord arpeggios. Substitute scales, arpeggios and chords Playing one chord or scale when another is written on the music sheet is a well-used way to generate harmonic interest. The most common one is the tri-tone substitution (play Db7 for G7). I like playing penatonic minor scales as subsitutes, eg over Dm7 G7 Cmajor7 A7b9 use Am Bbm Bm Cm pentatonic respectively. See Steve Khan's book Chords 1) Chord composition: Triads 2) Chord texture: Rhythm The difference between swing and even feels Repertoire Blues Chord/melody playing This is the application of all the above, such that the listener simultaneously experiences the melody, harmony and rhythm of a piece. I used to divide my playing into 'chords' and 'lead', but now that I can integrate them both in one moment I enjoy my music much more. Improvisation Growing fluency in the above areas forms a basis from which improvisation can be developed. See my page on improvisation improvisation |
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